The 13th typhoon of the year made its second landfall in Zhejiang Province on Sunday.
As Typhoon Dolphin continued its northwestward track after making a second landfall in east China, authorities across central and northern China issued heavy rain warnings on Monday, urging precautions against torrential downpours and gale-force winds over the coming days.
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The National Meteorological Center maintained a blue typhoon alert as of 10 a.m. Monday, forecasting strong winds in eastern coastal areas from Monday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon. Heavy to extreme rainfall is expected in parts of eastern and central China, with parts of Hubei Province likely to see downpours of up to 270 mm.
The meteorological observatory of the Chinese capital Beijing issued an orange rainstorm alert Monday morning, predicting heavy to extreme rain from Tuesday evening through Thursday, influenced by both the warm airflow on the periphery of Dolphin and the cold air mass.
The city in northern China plans to activate a Level II flood control emergency response on Tuesday morning, advising residents to stay clear of rivers, and refrain from mountain trips.
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Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province, both neighboring Beijing, also issued orange alerts for rainstorms on Monday. Hebei’s meteorological authorities said several cities could receive 150 to 350 mm of rainfall, with some areas exceeding 400 mm, raising the risk of landslides in mountainous regions.
Central China’s Henan Province issued a yellow alert for rainstorms Monday morning, warning of heavy to extreme rain from Monday through Thursday, along with possible thunderstorms and gusts. Local authorities were advised to step up inspections of bridges, tunnels, and flood-prone roads, and to evacuate people from high-risk mountain zones.
Dolphin, as the 13th typhoon of the year, made its second landfall in Zhejiang Province on Sunday. On Monday morning, its center was over the city of Longquan in Zhejiang and was moving northwest.
In Taizhou and Wenzhou, the two cities in Zhejiang where Dolphin made its first and second landfalls, tens of thousands of officials, firefighters and volunteers were mobilized for round-the-clock patrols along streets, dikes and flood-prone areas. The monitoring of reservoirs and hillsides for potential secondary disasters continued after the storm passed.
In east China’s Shanghai Municipality and Fujian Province, authorities completed the evacuation of over 215,000 and nearly 168,000 people, respectively, from high-risk areas.
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Source: Xinhua
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